Ledford candidacy questioned in complaint

Complaint claims he doesn't live in Madison, where he's on ballot

10:13 PM,
Mar. 6, 2014

John Ledford

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The former director of North Carolina's Alcohol Law Enforcement agency is not eligible to run for sheriff in Madison County because he lives in Buncombe County, according to a legal complaint filed Thursday.

Three Madison County residents brought the complaint to the county Board of Elections.

They said in court papers that John Ledford lives in Barnardsville instead of the Madison County address he used to file as a candidate. They cited a state statute that says a candidate for sheriff must live in the county for at least a year before the election. ...